A Chris Craft salesman, John Benchimo, left, is getting the boat to take a run at the Greenwich Boat Show at Beacon Point Marine and Greenwich Water Club in Cos Cob, Conn., Sunday, April 14, 2013.
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From left, Flotilla 78: Ray Birnbaum, division commender; Linda Lakin, flotilla commender; Carlos Rodiguez, staff member and John Hartwright, public education officer; sat at table with information about the water at the Greenwich Boat Show at Beacon Point Marine and Greenwich Water Club in Cos Cob, Conn., Sunday, April 14, 2013.
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Steven D'Errico, 9, and his sister Juliette, 16, of Mamaroneck, N.Y., sits on a Tiara boat at Greenwich Boat Show at Beacon Point Marine and Greenwich Water Club in Cos Cob, Conn., Sunday, April 14, 2013.
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From left; Francesca Santomero, of Bedford, N.Y., with twins Calista, and Christopher, both 9, and father Chris, listens to the saleman at Outrage boat at Greenwich Boat Show at Beacon Point Marine and Greenwich Water Club in Cos Cob, Conn., Sunday, April 14, 2013.
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A yacht glides through the water at the Greenwich Boat Show at Beacon Point Marine and Greenwich Water Club in Cos Cob, Conn., Sunday, April 14, 2013. for a sea-trial at the Greenwich Boat Show at Beacon Point Marine and Greenwich Water Club in Cos Cob, Conn., Sunday, April 14, 2013.
Photo: Helen Neafsey

Chris Scott, of Bronxville, N.Y. and his wife, Jane, have lunch at the Greenwich Boat Show at Beacon Point Marine and Greenwich Water Club in Cos Cob, Conn., Sunday, April 14, 2013.
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Eli Nassim, 70, of White Plains, N.Y., has a slight problem with the two boats he owns.

"One is too big for me and the other is too small for me," he said with a smile Sunday. "I am looking for something in between."

Nassim was one of the many boat owners and potential owners who stopped by over the weekend in Cos Cob at the Greenwich In-Water Boat Show at Beacon Point Marine.

He has a 42-foot boat and a 22-foot boat and was looking to sell them and purchase something in the 28-30 foot range. A 26-foot catamaran with a pair of engines caught his eye.

"I have never owned a catamaran," Nassim said, who added he loved boating for its "freedom."

It was his first time at the show and he said the selection of boats were priced right given the economy.

Richard Kral, who owns Beacon Point Marine and the Greenwich Water Club both at 49 River Road, agreed with Nassim that the economy still isn't robust but he said he's noticed a pickup in his business, especially for pleasure and sport fishing boats.

"As the economy seems to be a little bit more of a positive influence to it I think it is helping the buyers to come out and consider buying," he said.

Luxury items dropped from wish lists when the economy turned south five years ago, Kral said.

"Recreational toys, those are typically the first things they cut from their budget."

The 10 dealers at the show brought 90 boats to show and sell, Kral said.

One of those dealers, Norwest Marine, had sold three of its five boats on display, said Harvey Augarten, 70, sales manager with the Norwalk-based company.

"Sales are starting to pick up," he said. "It's not what it was back in 2007, but it is starting to pick up."

The boats they had on display ranged from $28,000 for smaller center-console fishing boats to a 30-foot sport fishing boat that rang in at $225,000, a price that worked for one buyer who bought it over the weekend.

"They are looking for quality, and they are also looking for a fair price," Augarten said about customers.

Lou Dibari, 58, of Wilton, was shopping for a replacement for his 24-foot boat that was swept out to sea and sunk during Superstorm Sandy.

"It was in Long Beach Island, N.J., at our summer home, and it was on land but the water came in and flooded it, floated it away and sunk it," he said.

He was accompanied Sunday by his wife, Maddy, and their daughter, Lauren, 28, who was holding the leash for Molly, a 7-year-old Chihuahua.

The boat show gave him a chance to see a wide variety of boats, he said.

"Part of what is great about this is that you can see a lot of different styles in one location," he said.